Mary Ann in Autumn
US first edition cover
AuthorArmistead Maupin
Audio read byArmistead Maupin
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SeriesTales of the City
GenreNovel
Published2010
PublisherHarperCollins
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages304
ISBN0-06-147088-0
Preceded byMichael Tolliver Lives 
Followed byThe Days of Anna Madrigal 

Mary Ann in Autumn (2010) is the eighth and penultimate[1] book in the Tales of the City series by San Francisco novelist Armistead Maupin. It was released on November 2, 2010. It is the third book in the series to be written as a novel rather than first print as a serial.

Premise

Mary Ann Singleton, now in her late fifties,[2] returns from New York City with a reason to seek support and a secret that she needs to share with Michael 'Mouse' Tolliver.

Plot summary

Mary Ann Singleton Carruthers flees her luxurious life in Darien, Connecticut for San Francisco, seeking solace from old friend Michael Tolliver. Reeling from both ill health and her husband's infidelity, she asks Michael if she can stay in his guest cottage while she recuperates.

Meanwhile, other former Barbary Lane residents show up in the novel: Mary Ann's adoptive daughter Shawna is a popular sex blogger and is dating Otto, a clown;[3] Anna Madrigal has mostly recovered from the stroke she had in Michael Tolliver Lives; Michael's assistant, Jake Greenleaf, wrestles with his attraction to a closeted Mormon missionary who is involved in the movement to "cure" homosexuals; and Jake, a trans man, despairs of ever saving enough money to pay for surgery. Ironically, his dream of having a hysterectomy is the same nightmare that Mary Ann is facing.

As the novel progresses, Dede and D'Orothea show up to help Mary Ann with her recuperation, Shawna befriends a homeless junkie prostitute, Jake makes a startling discovery, and a threat from the past comes back to haunt the former Barbary Lane residents.

References

  1. ↑ Peitzman, Louis (21 January 2014). "After Almost 40 Years, Armistead Maupin Is Closing The Book On "Tales Of The City"". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2022-09-26.
  2. ↑ "Review: Mary Ann in Autumn by Armistead Maupin". The Book Stop. 2010-12-31. Retrieved 2022-09-26.
  3. ↑ "Mary Ann in Autumn by Armistead Maupin". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2022-09-26.


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